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Thanks Mamx! It's really helpful to see pictures of all the items in CAS to get a better idea of what's included and what it *really* looks like.

I actually do like a lot of the clothing meshes, just without the stencils. I'll probably grab them in extracted base-game compatible form from Simblr, though, because I am deeply frightened by the hairstyles. :O

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Yeah, I noticed they included a plain version of a lot of the pieces, which is nice. I feel weird missing a pack, but there are a few too many things that I don't want in my game included in this set. It was a really fun idea, and I wish that they had included more 90s stuff - might have pushed me to get it. I find it ridiculous that they stated on Twitter that their artists found it "difficult" to make afros. -_____-

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OMG Ameenah I was just getting ready to post about the NO afro's included!! Geez please people...how in the world do you release a sp depicting these era's and not have one single afro...I mean...how freaking hard can it be with the so called talent they supposedly have employes there at Ea. I "might" have been tempted to add this to my game, but I see nothing that depicts any of the Black/African American people of that era.

Ok...rant over.

I'm all smiles now!

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Pam Grier would be so disappointed... :'(

Don't forget about Don Cornelius. ;)

EA need a better history lesson. How can I do Diana Ross & the Supremes without Afros?? LOL

The only two things I love about this pack is the animated walls and the animated dance floor. I'm going to ask someone to just give me that. That is all I want. :/

If anyone is looking for some of the female clothes made base game compatible, pickypikachu has them on their blog here.

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You're very welcome.

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Let me know how they look. I was going to download tomorrow and check the stuff out, but I might not get to it.

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OMG it has mc hammer pants

I don't want to sound like a nag, but I am seriously dissapointed that Ea didn't put much effort into trying to incorporate Black hairstyles and really Black clothing for those era's. Oh well...what can you... I truly think the entire game just really left out different ethnicities too much. Maybe it's just me, but if you notice I haven't really uploaded any of my sims in awhile because I just get bummed using the same old hairs and that makes my sims look all too familar to each other.

Ok...second rant over with!

Happy face time!

I don't blame you for being disappointed, Cece. I think there were so many opportunities with this stuff pack, but instead they didn't think about it or as Ameenah had posted, the "artists" had a difficult time making afros. Maybe they should have asked RoboKitty(KittyKlan) for some advice. Seriously though, the supposed curly hairstyles they gave us with Seasons were really bad. I heard one simmer refer to one of the hairstyles as a "hair collar".
Ok, my rant is over. Deep breath...time to catch up on shows that I missed last night.

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LOL...I saw Hammer on New Year's Rockin' Eve...dollop Clark was missed this year. I saw people of all shades with fro's growing up.
I kind of forfeited the tv tonight to my daughter, Dee. She's watching American Idol. I missed my shows (Supernatural & Arrow) last night, too. I'm really not liking Idol right now.

Thought it was pretty funny that EA included peg-leg jeans with the new SP. I remember girls wearing their pants like that when I was in junior high. I'm still wondering where the jelly bracelets are. Madonna made those famous, along with the mesh tops with black bras underneath and the boy-toy belt. My cousin was a big fan of Madonna...lol.

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Are you thinking of platform sandals/platform shoes? I had a pair of sandals when I was in 6th grade (I think), although they weren't really platforms...too low. They were mini-platforms, I guess. ;) Loved Duran Duran, Hall & Oates, New Edition. Didn't watch soaps, but I knew who Luke and Laura were. Too much pastels and neons in the 80's. Once I was able to pick out my own clothing, my wardrobe was mainly black jeans, t-shirts, flannel, and sneakers.
The only thing about mens clothes that irritated me was the baggy pants. The ones that walked around with their waist band around their legs and boxers. I always had to fight the urge to offer them suspenders or a belt.

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The only thing I can think of is the granny boots. There were a couple of girls who wore them when I was in senior high. Lace-up leather boots with a wooden heel. I used to like the shirts with the 3/4 sleeves. My favorite had a picture of Garfield the cat on it. ;) Nikes with the powder blue swoosh, and Lee jeans. Once I got to high school, I stopped wearing dresses and skirts.

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The mullet was awful! Always reminds me of Billy Ray Cyrus...ick. Bell bottoms in the 70's and plaid pants. For my kindergarten class picture, my mom made me wear a pair of brown jeans and a shirt with strawberries all over it. Hair into pigtails and don't remember the shoes. She always said I looked like Buffy from Family Affair because my ponytails always hung in ringlets.

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Thankfully, I never wore the wide legged bell bottoms...I think my aunt used to call them elephant leg pants. Mine were bigger at the ankles, but not that wide. I remember the polyester pants...I always snagged mine. That was one of the nice things about the 80's. Polyester and bell bottoms went out of fashion.